Sunday, November 6, 2011

1491e 2011/11/04–05

1491e 2011/11/04–05 20:36:55 EDT Foxmead W window 8 ne

Meteor: Sitting watching TV in the living room, I saw a beautiful fireball out the window:

I just saw a bright fireball, at least -5 magnitude, out my west-facing window at 08:36:55 EDT. Time is within 5 seconds, as I just synched my watch with my computer. It came down very steadily, slightly angled from left to right as it fell, and disappeared behind distant hills to the west. It was pure white in colour, and seemed a little bit larger than point-sized to my naked eye.

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Born in Montreal QC in 1941, moved to Toronto ON in 1964 with brief sojourns in Santa Barbara CA and Waterloo ON, moved to Coldwater ON in 2005. Married to Louise Gervais in 1985 with one son, David, currently living in Melbourne Australia. My interests have ranged through photography, astronomy, music, anthropology, herpetology, psychotherapy, computers and model trains. Currently I write a weekly article for Space.com and perform regularly on lute and recorder with the early music ensemble, Cassiopeia.